Hose holder



-Jan.1,-1924 1,479,532

E. COLEMAN HOSE HOLDER Filed July 13. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet l ghoul-r01,

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V 1,479,532 E. COLEMAN HOSE HOLDER Filed July 1': 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Z, (car/nan an on (oz Patented Jan. 1, 1924.

UNITED STATES EDWARD COLEMAN, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

HOSE HOLDER.

Application filed July 13, 1922. Serial No. 574,674.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD COLEMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Salt Lake City in the county of Salt Lake and State ofIItah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HoseHolders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for holding the nozzleends of garden hose and has as its general object to provide a devicewhich may be readlly set up in any desired position in the ground andwith which the hose may be readily engaged and its nozzle supported ina-manner to direct the stream in any desired direction.

One of the important objects of the invention is to so construct thedevice that when the nozzle end of the hose is engaged therewith it willbe securely supported in the desired position and without likelihood ofbecoming disarranged and the stream directed otherwise than asv desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device for the purposestated which may be readily manufactured at a low cost from inexpensivewire material and which will be substantial and durable and adapted tobe conveniently employed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of the device embodying theinvention set up for use;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the device removed from the ground;

Fig. 3 is a detail vertical transverse sectional view takensubstantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 looking in the directionindicated by the arrows;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustratlng a modified form of the device;

Fig. 5 is a similar view illustrating a further modification;

Fig. 6 is a similar View illustrating a still further modification.

In all forms of the invention the device is formed from a single lengthof wire bent and otherwise worked to the required form, and generallyspeaking, the device comprises a clamping headwhich is indicated ingen-- eral by the numeral 1, a shank which is indicated in general bythe numeral 2, and anchoring prongs 3 and 4.

In that form of the invention shown in.

Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, the wire from which the device isformed is bent to form two helices 5 which comprise the clamping head 1.These helices are disposed in substantially parallel planes and areresiliently connected b a portion 6 common to the two and exten indiagonally between their lower portions. The shank 2 is formed bytwisting together the two strands of the wire below the portion 6 andmay be of any desired length. The prong 3 heretofore .referred toextends substantlally in alinement with the shank 2 and thereforesubstantially vertically beneath the axis of the head 1. The prong 4 isconnected with the shank 2 by an arm 7 which extends at right angles tothe said shank 2 and therefore horizontally between the shank and theupper end of the prong 4. In this form of the invention the prongs 3 and4 extend substantially parallel to each other, and the prong 3 is ofsomewhat greater length then the prong 4. In using this form of theinvention, the shank 2 is grasped and the prong 3 is worked into theground with a back and forth rotary motion at the same time pressure isexerted against the device. When the prong has been inserted to suchdepth that the entering end of the prong 4 will contact with the groundsurface, pressure may be exerted by the foot upon the arm 7 so as toforce both prongs intothe ground. The device having been positioned inthe manner stated, the hose to be supported and which is indicated inthe drawings by the reference letter H is disposed between the members 5of the clamping head land frictionally retained, the nozzle at this endof the hose being positioned at any desired angle so as to suitablydirect the stream ofwater. The material of which the device is formedwill possess sufiicient resiliency to insure of the hose being firmlygripped between the helices 5, and it will be evident that by reason ofthe substantial parallel disposition of the helices and the diagonaldisposition of the connecting portion 6, the helices may maintain theirsubstantial parallelism regardless of the position to which the hose,disposed between them, is adjusted.

In that form of the invention shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings theclamping head is lndicated by the numeral 8, the shank by the numeral 9,and the prongs by the numerals 10 and 11 and this form is identical instructure with the form previously described except that the head 8comprises two substantially oblong rectangular members 12, the upperlongitudinal sides and the ends of which occupy substantial parallelplanes and the lower sides 13 and 14 cross dia onally and thereforecorrespond in their isposition to the disposition of the portion 6 ofthe head 1 and the ends of the helices 5 which form a juncture with theshank 2. This form of the invention is employed in the same manner asthe previously described form and may be found especially desirable foruse under some conditions because of the long bearing surface aflordedby the oblong rectangular members 12.

The form of the invention shown in Fig.

5 is substantially identical with the form shown in Fig. 4 except thatin this case the clam ing head which is indicated in general by tilenumeral 15, comprises rectangular members 16, these members being sodisposed that their sides will all be non-parallel to the shank of thedevice.

Fig. 6 of the drawings illustrates a further modification in which theclamping head, indicated in general by the numeral 17, comprises twotriangular members 18. These members 18 are disposed and connected withthe shank of the device as illustrated in the said figure. Alsoin thisform of the invention the structure of the device diii ers in anotherrespect from the forms which have been previously described in thatwhile the longer prong 19 is extended in alinement with the shank 20 ofthe device, the shorter prong 21 is directed at an angle laterally fromthe said prong 19 instead of extending parallel thereto.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A hose holder formed from a single length of resilient wire bentbetween its ends to provide companion members constituting a clampinghead and occupying a proximately parallel planes, a portion of t e wirenevaesa extending diagonally between the lower portions of the saidmembers and constituting a continuation of said ortions lmw to the two,the strands of t e wire being united to each other from a pointimmediately below the said portion and a short distance of their lengthto rovide a relatively short shank, one stran of the wire being extendeddownwardl from the lower end of the shank in allnement therewith to forma relatively long prong, the other strand of: the wire being bent toextend laterally from the lower end of the said shank and thencesubstantially parallel to the first-mentioned prong to provide a shorterprong laterally displaced with relation to the first-mentioned prong.

2. A hose holder formed from a single length of resilient wire bentbetween its ends to provide companion members constituting a clampinghead and occupying approximately parallel planes, a portion of the wireextending diagonally between the lower portions of the said members andconstituting a continuation of said portions common to the two, thestrands of the wire being twisted together for a short portion or theirlength to provide a relatively short shank the up er end of which islocated immediately be ow the diagonal portion of the clamping head, oneof the strands being extended downwardly from the lower end or the saidshank in alinement therewith to provide a relatively long unobstructedentering prong, the other strand being bent to extend laterally from thelower end of the twisted shank and being thence bent to extenddownwardly to provide a shorter unobstructed prong spaced from thefirst-mentioned prong and substantially parallel therewith.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

EDWARD COLEMAN. [n s.]

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